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dust mop

n. a dry swab for dusting floors [syn: dustmop, dry mop]

Usage examples of "dust mop".

Elvena Morton, dust mop in hand, comes in response to Jack's repeated jabbing at the doorbell.

I went into his cleaning closet and hauled out the vacuum cleaner, a dust mop, a sponge mop, and some rags.

This last thought reminded her that she needed to check the apple pies bubbling in the oven, so she took the dust mop and went into the kitchen to get ready for the noon rush.

He rattled the handle of the dust mop while closing the safe's two doors.

McGinn, who whispers her loneliness through the floorboards and who, in all probability, shook her dust mop on the same porch railing I banged on this morning, doing my daily rounds.

He snorted and shook his head, the great black mane swishing back and forth like a gigantic dust mop.

The woman caught him by the wrists before he could fall as he came stumbling toward her in need and pulled him along down on top of her as she flopped over backward onto the bed and enveloped him hospitably in her flaccid and consoling embrace, her dust mop aloft in her hand like a banner as her broad, brutish congenial face gazed up at him fondly with a smile of unperjured friendship.

Sam got the long-handled dust mop and got the spider webs out of the corners of the high ceiling, and I wiped down the baseboards.